Yukoners weigh in on Housing Action Plan progress at forum

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Yukoners weigh in on Housing Action Plan progress at forum – CBC

by ahnationtalk on July 13, 2017673 Views

‘We have staff people working at CTFN who don’t have homes. We’ve got a terrible overcrowding issue.’

Jul 13, 2017

Progress has been made on creating more affordable housing in the Yukon, according to attendees of a poverty and housing forum taking place this week, but at least one First Nation is saying there’s a lot of work still to be done.

More than 120 people attended the third annual poverty reduction and housing forum in Whitehorse on Wednesday. The Yukon Housing Corporation shared a progress report on its Housing Action Plan, which it launched in June 2015.

But progress or not, at least one First Nation says there’s still a lot of work too be done.